The new EU legal framework for eprocurement:

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• The new EU legal framework for e-procurement
• Expectations and Prospects
• Conference E-procurement and Public Spending
  Status, Opportunities and Prospects
• 11 May 2005 Rome
• Julia Ferger European CommissionPublic
  Procurement Policy/e-procurement

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Overview

• Introduction
• The new EU legal framework for electronic public
  procurement
• The Action Plan for e-procurement
• Recommendations

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Expected benefits of e-procurement

• lower prices
• lower administrative costs
• faster procedures
• increased competition - higher number of
  tenderers, increased market access
• higher transparency of process
• less possibilities for abuse

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Public procurement in the EU
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The new EU legal framework for e-procurement

• ELECTRONIC MEANS ON AN EQUAL FOOTING with PAPER
• ALL THE DIRECTIVES RULES APPLY
• FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES NON-DISCRIMINATION, EQUAL
  TREATMENT, TRANSPARENCY AND FAIR COMPETITION
• GENERAL REQUIREMENTS SET FORCommunicating and
  receiving offers electronically
• FULLY ELECTRONIC PROCEDURES ALLOWED
• NEW PURCHASING PRACTICES Framework agreements,
  Dynamic Purchasing Systems, Electronic Auctions
• FLEXIBLE TECHNOLOGY NEUTRAL FRAMEWORK

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Scope of EU procurement rules
Contracting Ordering
Billing
Monitoring ofContract
Outside the scope of EU procurement
Directives E-commerce Directive Electronic
Signature E-invoicing Data protection
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Timetable

• May 2000 LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE PROPOSED BY THE
• COMMISSION
• - CLASSIC DIRECTIVE (SUPPLIES, SERVICES, WORKS)
• - UTILITIES DIRECTIVE
• Feb 2004 FINAL ADOPTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE
  PACKAGE
• Apr 2004 ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE NEW DIRECTIVES
• Dec 2004 ADOPTION OF ACTION PLAN ON E-PROCUREMENT
  (2005-2007)
• 31 Jan 2006 TRANSPOSITION BY MEMBER STATES (21
  months)

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General framework
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Action Plan Objectives

• Ensure a well functioning Internal Market in
  electronic public procurement
• Achieve greater efficiency in procurement,
  improve governance and competitiveness
• Work towards international framework for
  e-procurement

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Action Plan Tools

• Interpretative Document (May 2005)
• Functional requirements report and learning
  demonstrators (published)
• Common tools
• Awareness, exchange, promotion of common
  understanding and best practice

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Recommendations

• Political commitment
• Legal framework
• Organisation
• Technical aspects
• Economic aspects

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THANK YOU

• Action Plan on e-procurement
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/publicp
  rocurement/e-procurement_en.htm
• Contact
• Julia.Ferger_at_cec.eu.int

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